Chaim Weizmann Quotes

True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.

What is equality of rights between a giant and a dwarf?

We are confronted primarily with a moral issue... whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated.

I'm a human rights activist and it doesn't make any sense not to treat everybody the exact same way. It just doesn't make any sense, it's counter intuitive, it's inhuman and it has to stop.

We ought to be respecting the principle of equality.

The State shall ensure gender balance and fair representation of marginalized groups on all constitutional and other bodies

I thought equality was non-negotiable.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. This is not the case.

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life.

I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.

The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious.

I will always work for human rights for all people.

No discrimination, that's what we're about as a country.

That has to come to an end and end now. No citizen is a second-class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.

I think that we ought to be a tolerant nation. I think we ought to be tolerant people. But we shouldn't set up special categories for anybody. And I'm for the rights of everybody, including gays, but not any special rights.

You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.

I think social justice is important. I think it's not fair.

I believe in equal rights for all citizens. One law for all.

I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.

I'm still convinced. We all fight for freedom, but the foundation of freedom is equality and justice. And we are all on the road.